1st circular of Program 2021 ESSAS Annual Science Meeting“Linking past and present marine ecosystems to inform future
fisheries and aquaculture”
Webinar meeting
Host of webinar, Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University
Date: 30 May – 4 June, 2021
Ecosystem Studies of Subarctic and Arctic Seas (ESSAS), one of the regional programs of theIntegrated Marine Biosphere Research project (IMBeR). The goal of the ESSAS Program isto compare, quantify and predict the impact of climate variability on the productivity andsustainability of Subarctic and Arctic marine ecosystems. Although the ESSAS AnnualScience Meeting (ASM) scheduled in July 2020 had to be canceled due to COVID-19, the2021 ASM will be held as a webinar (web seminar) style meeting (as of 30 Jan, 2021).
Both academic communities and local stakeholders in Hokkaido are interested in how Arcticand sub-Arctic marine systems will change in the future. Of relevance to these concerns is
information from the natural and social sciences, including economics. The 2021 ESSAS
ASM will build on a previous international project funded by the Belmont Forum, which
examined the resilience and adaptive capacity of Arctic and sub-Arctic marine systems. Weseek to understand the mechanisms by which climate change will affect aquaculture andcapture fisheries, how these changes will affect resource-dependent communities, and how
management can foster resilience in these systems.
We welcome submission of abstracts to the General Session of the 2021 ASM on 1 June toaddress the above themes. Specifically, we seek contributions that draw on findings from all
fields, including paleoecology, contemporary ecology and the social sciences, to help inform
our understanding of future changes affecting fisheries and aquaculture in high-latitude
marine ecosystems. In addition, we would like to invite you to the virtual excursion torenewal “UPOPOY, National Ainu Museum and Park*”. Please access to the following URL,
https://ainu-upopoy.jp/en/ and click the YouTube mark on the top page of website for verticalexcursion in the museum.
We look forward to productive discussions with many participants!
* https://ainu-upopoy.jp/en/
 Deadline for abstract submission: 15 Mar, 2021
 Deadline for registration on the website: 30 April, 2021
 For registration & abstract submission, please go to:https://essas.arc.hokudai.ac.jp/what_s_new/2021-essas-annual-sciencemeeting/If you have submitted your abstract at the last year, please submit it again. Thank you for yourcooperation.
 Registration fee: FreeThe URL of the web conference will be sent to those who have registered forparticipation by email the day before the event.

Program: (Date and time in Japan Standard Time)
30 May (Sun)18:00–19:00 (Live, in Japanese)
Public session “Marine Mammal (tentative title)” by Dr. Yoko Mitani, Associate Prof.,
Hokkaido University

31 May (Mon)
Contribution from ESSAS community to the local communities in JapanLive (L), In Japanese (J), In English (E),
Simultaneous translation of Japanese-English (J-E or E-J), On-demand contents in English (ODE)
09:00–10:25 JST = 17:00–18:25 Pacific Daylight Time = 02:00–03:25 Central European SummerTime
13:00–15:00 JST = 21:00–23:00 PDT = 06:00–08:00 CEST

09:00–09:05
09:10–09:35

09:35–10:00

10:00–10:25

10:25–13:00
13:00–15:00

Welcome address by Prof. Fukamachi, Director of Arctic Research Center,
Hokkaido University (L, J, J-E)
Keynote talk 1 “The song of the spring, the story of the wind: Relationships
among air, sea, ice, people and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) in the past,present and future” Dr. Naoki Tojo Assistant Prof. Hokkaido University(L, J, ODE)
Keynote talk 2 “Assessing and managing fish stocks in a rapidly changing
environment” Dr. Franz Mueter, Professor of Fisheries, University of Alaska
Fairbanks (L, E, E-J)
Keynote talk 3 “Reframing the interface of science, policy and industry forthe better ecosystem governance in the Anthropocene” Dr. Aoi Sugimoto,Researcher, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science (L, J, ODE)
Lunch break
Discussion led by Prof. Makino (Identify key issues & challenges; identify
ways to enhance collaborations between scientists and stakeholders)(L, J, J-E/E-J)

1 June (Tue)Contribution from ESSAS community to the Japanese ESSAS related community
Three hours general sessions will be held in the morning and evening.
05:00–08:00 JST = 13:00–16:00 PDT = 22:00–01:00 CEST
15:00–18:00 JST = 23:00–02:00 PDT = 08:00–11:00 CEST

05:00–06:15
06:15–06:35
06:35–07:50

General Session (15min x 5 talks)
BreakGeneral Session (15min x 5 talks)

15:00–16:15
16:15–16:35
16:35–17:50

General Session (15min x 5 talks)
Coffee breakGeneral Session (15min x 5 talks)

2 June (Wed)Contribution from ESSAS working group (PESSAS and AnalogueArt)
Leader of the working group will decide schedule and time.
Plenary talks based on sharing methods and data sets available (PESAS and AnalogueArt)
Open discussion (on potential challenges and strategies for connecting paleo-and neo-data
sets with reference to conceptual and methodological issues e.g., working
assumptions, chronological resolution, averaging, scaled and unscaled
variables…)
3 June (Thu) (Only SSC)05:00–08:00 ESSAS SSC meeting
05:00–08:00 JST = 13:00–16:00 PDT = 22:00–01:00 CEST

Virtual Excursion
UPOPOY, National Ainu Museum and Park opened on 24 April, 2020 in Shiraoi, Hokkaido
Japanese site https://ainu-upopoy.jp/library/
English site https://ainu-upopoy.jp/en/
Sites in Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Thai and Russian are available.

Schedule of ESSAS ASM Webinar
30-MayAMPM

Host place

Preparation ofwebinar
Public Session
Arctic Res.
Center,Hokkaido
Univ.

31-May

1-Jun

2-Jun

4-Jun

Stakeholder
Meeting(Presentation)

GeneralSession

WorkingGroupSessionSSC

Stakeholder
Meeting(Discussion)

GeneralSessionWorkingGroup
SessionArctic Res.
Center,Hokkaido
Univ.

Arctic Res.
Center,Hokkaido
Univ.

Arctic Res.
Center,Hokkaido
Univ.

Arctic Res.
Center,Hokkaido
Univ.